9405361

Flexible Portable Device

PublishedAugust 2, 2016
Assigneenot available in USPTO data we have
InventorsYongsin KIM
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
11 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A flexible portable device comprising: a display unit configured to display an image; a sensor unit configured to detect a bending of the flexible portable device and a movement of the portable device, wherein the sensor unit includes a motion sensor configured to detect the movement of the portable device and the motion sensor is locally disposed in a bending axis area at a position that is less changed in sensing with respect to that of the flexible portable device before bending and after bending the flexible portable device, such that an influence of bending on the motion sensor is minimized; and a control unit configured to: detect, via the sensor unit, the bending of the flexible portable device, detect, via the motion sensor, the movement of the flexible portable device due to the bending of the flexible portable device, and ignore or bypass a value of the detected movement of the flexible portable device due to the bending of the flexible portable device if the value of the detected movement of the flexible portable device is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold value.

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2. The flexible portable device according to claim 1 , wherein a reference plane or a reference axis of a bendable area of the flexible portable device is changed by bending the bendable area.

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3. The flexible portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the bending axis area is located at a center area of the flexible portable device.

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4. The flexible portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible portable device further has at least one nonflexible area which is non-bendable.

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5. The flexible portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the bending axis area includes a position that is least changed with respect to that of the flexible portable device before bending and after bending the portable device.

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6. The flexible portable device according to claim 5 , wherein the bending axis area has lower flexibility than the remaining areas of the flexible portable device.

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7. The flexible portable device according to claim 5 , wherein, when the flexible portable device has a plurality of bending axis areas, the motion sensor is located at an intersection between the bending axis areas.

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8. The flexible portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the display unit through sensing performed by the motion sensor.

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9. The flexible portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the motion sensor comprises at least one selected from among an inclination sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a gravity sensor, a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a camera sensor.

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10. The flexible portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible portable device is realized by at least one selected from among a bendable type device, a foldable type device, and a rollable type device.

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11. The flexible portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit controls the flexible portable device according to a bending gesture with respect to the flexible portable device based on the bending axis.

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Publication Date

August 2, 2016

Inventors

Yongsin KIM

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